Housing Committee

JOURNAL – HOUSING COMMITTEE Wednesday, September 14, 2022 ROOM 1050, CITY HALL ­ 3:00 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER GILBERT A. CEDILLO, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS­DAWSON COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KREKORIAN COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE Armando Bencomo ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1080 or Armando.Bencomo@lacity.org Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID­19, this Los Angeles City Council committee meeting will take all public comment by teleconference. The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar. The live audio can also be heard at: (213) 621­CITY (Metro), (818) 904­9450 (Valley), (310) 471­CITY (Westside) and (310) 547­CITY (San Pedro Area). If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public should try one of the other channels. 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MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) Notice to Paid Representatives: If you are compensated to monitor, attend, or speak at this meeting, City law may require you to register as a lobbyist and report your activity. See Los Angeles Municipal Code 48.01 et seq. More information is available at ethics.lacity.org/lobbying. For assistance, please contact the Ethics Commission at (213) 978­1960 or ethics.commission@lacity.org. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 12­0049­S25 CD 6 Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) report relative to extending and amending the terms of a loan agreement with the Strathern Park, Limited Partnership, to allow for the refinancing of the existing senior loan and to accommodate property rehabilitation for the development of affordable housing, for the properties located at 11040 West Lorne Street and 11111 West Strathern Street, in Sun Valley, California 91352. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Report from Los Angeles Housing Department dated 08­02­2022 – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Krekorian (2) 12­0968­S6 CDs 1, 8, and 9 LAHD and City Administrative Officer (CAO) reports relative to authorizing the execution of a First Amendment to Contract No. C135171 with New Economics for Women, extending the Contract term for one additional year to November 30, 2023; to provide services related to homeownership within the University of Southern California (USC) Nexus Study Area for the USC Affordable Housing Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted TIME LIMIT FILE ­ OCTOBER 10, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 7, 2022) APPROVED Report from City Administrative Officer dated 09­08­2022 – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Krekorian (3) 15­0087­S8  TIME LIMIT FILE ­ OCTOBER 10, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 7, 2022) APPROVED Report from City Administrative Officer dated 09­08­2022 – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Krekorian (3) 15­0087­S8 LAHD and CAO reports relative to the acceptance of $54.78 million in infrastructure and transportation­related grant awards from the Strategic Growth Council’s 2021 Round 6 Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program, and related matters. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Report from City Administrative Officer dated 09­09­2022 – (4) Yes; (0) No; (1) Absent: Krekorian (4) 21­0042­S3 LAHD report relative to recommendations and possible amendments to the eviction moratorium, data relative to the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, gaps in tenant protections, stakeholder outreach, and a phased­ in timeline. (Also referred to the Ad Hoc Committee on COVID­19 Recovery and Neighborhood Investment) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: Yes Against: Echo Park Neighborhood Council APPROVED the proposed amendments contained in the Communication from Councilmember Gilbert A. Cedillo, 1st District ­ Proposed Amendments, dated 09­14­ 2022 – (3) Yes: Cedillo, Raman, Lee; (1) No: Harris­Dawson; (1) Absent: Krekorian FAILED TO APPROVE the following proposed amendments by Councilmember Lee, as amended by Councilmember Cedillo to include a request for a report back on a cost study: ADD Recommendation 10 (X) as follows: REQUEST the City Attorney to report back with language that would delete Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 49.99.3 and related Sections to effectuate that the commercial tenant protections are no longer in effect, consistent with the State. Councilmember Gilbert A. Cedillo, 1st District ­ Proposed Amendments, dated 09­14­ 2022 – (3) Yes: Cedillo, Raman, Lee; (1) No: Harris­Dawson; (1) Absent: Krekorian FAILED TO APPROVE the following proposed amendments by Councilmember Lee, as amended by Councilmember Cedillo to include a request for a report back on a cost study: ADD Recommendation 10 (X) as follows: REQUEST the City Attorney to report back with language that would delete Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 49.99.3 and related Sections to effectuate that the commercial tenant protections are no longer in effect, consistent with the State. REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present an ordinance to immediately repeal LAMC Section 151.32 of Article 1, Chapter 15 that temporarily prohibits rent increases for rental units subject to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance. REQUEST a report back on a study that measures the cost to landlords over the COVID­19 pandemic, at minimum, relative to increased costs such as trash pick­ up and a range of others. (2) Yes: Cedillo, Lee; (2) No: Raman, Harris­Dawson; (1) Absent: Krekorian FAILED TO APPROVE the following proposed amendments contained in the Communication from Councilmember Nithya Raman, 4th District ­ Proposed Amendments, dated 09­14­2022: Amendment 1 – (2) Yes: Raman, Harris­Dawson; (2) No: Cedillo, Lee; (1) Absent: Krekorian Amendment 2 – (2) Yes: Raman, Harris­Dawson; (2) No: Cedillo, Lee; (1) Absent: Krekorian Amendment 3 – (2) Yes: Raman, Harris­Dawson; (2) No: Cedillo, Lee; (1) Absent: Krekorian Amendment 4 – WITHDRAWN by Councilmember Raman Amendment 5 – (2) Yes: Raman, Harris­Dawson; (2) No: Cedillo, Lee; (1) Absent: Krekorian Amendment 6 – (2) Yes: Raman, Harris­Dawson; (2) No: Cedillo, Lee; (1) Absent: Krekorian Amendment 7 – (2) Yes: Raman, Harris­Dawson; (2) No: Cedillo, Lee; (1) Absent: Krekorian FAILED TO APPROVE the reconsidered proposed amendment by Councilmember Lee: ADD Recommendation 10 (X) as follows: REQUEST the City Attorney to report back with language that would delete Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 49.99.3 and related Sections to effectuate that the commercial tenant protections are no longer in effect, consistent with the State. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(2) Yes: Cedillo, Lee; (2) No: Raman, Harris­Dawson; (1) Absent: Krekorian  Krekorian FAILED TO APPROVE the reconsidered proposed amendment by Councilmember Lee: ADD Recommendation 10 (X) as follows: REQUEST the City Attorney to report back with language that would delete Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 49.99.3 and related Sections to effectuate that the commercial tenant protections are no longer in effect, consistent with the State. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(2) Yes: Cedillo, Lee; (2) No: Raman, Harris­Dawson; (1) Absent: Krekorian FINAL VOTE – FAILED TO ADOPT the recommendations contained in the Report from the Los Angeles Housing Department dated 08­25­2022, AS AMENDED – ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​(2) Yes: Cedillo, Lee; (2) No: Raman, Harris­Dawson; (1) Absent: Krekorian THE HOUSING COMMITTEE SUBMITS THE REPORT TO THE COUNCIL WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, PURSUANT TO COUNCIL RULE 69. If you challenge this Committee's action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record. Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00­0000). Telecommunication Relay Services Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications methods, both for peer­to­peer and third­party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications. Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers ­ generally telephone companies ­ are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user. What forms of TRS are available?There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications­relay­service­trs. Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello. This is the relay service .. . " when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is deaf, hard­of­hearing, or has a speech disability. For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit theFCC's Disability Rights Office website.